Ice-bag cap.



M. FINKELSTEIN.

ICE BAG CAP.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 17. 1914.

1,121,221, Patented Feb. 2, 1915.

l/VI/E/VTOR Marcus Finkelsfein ATTORNEYS MARCUS FINKELSTEIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

manner can 6 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 2, 1%15.

Application filed November 17, 1914. Serial No. $72,543.

To all whom it may concern v I Be it known that I, MARCUS FINKELSTEIN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Ice-Bag Cap, of which. the following is a full. clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved ice bag cap,.more especially designed for use on the heads -of persons having high fever or other ailments,

and arranged to securely hold the cap in position on the patients head and without much danger of disarrangement during sleep, to allow convenient filling of the bag with ice and to drain the water from the ice bag, thus keeping the water free from the head to allow the ice to do its full share of the work.

In order to produce the desired result, use is made of a cap, an ice bag superimposed thereon and a hollow rim connected with the interior of the said ice bag to drain the water therefrom.

A practical embodiment of the invention is' represented in the accompanying draw- 'ings forming a part of this specification, in

which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

-Figure 1 is a perspective view of the ice bag cap as applied; Fig. 2 is a cross section of the same on the line 22 of Fig. 3; and Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same with the parts in section.

The ice bag cap consists essentially of a cap A superimposed by an ice bag B having a normally closed filling device C for filling the bag B with ice. The cap A and the bag B are preferably made of a moistureproof material such as rubberized or impervious cloth, and the edges of the cap A and the bag B are sewed or otherwise fastened together. the top of the cap A forming the bottom of the bag B, as plainly indicated in Fig. 2, so that the ice is as close to the patients head as possible at the time the cap is worn. The back of the cap A is preferably straight and shaped so that it is above the lower portion of the back of the patients head to allow the head to rest easily on a pillow without disturbing the position of the cap A on the patients head. A hollow rim D is attached to the united edges of the cap A and the bagB at the sides and front thereof, and the interior of this bag B can readily pass by way of the said passages E into the hollow rim D, which latter is out ofcontact with the patients head. The rim D is of the same material as the cap A and the bag B and is provided with a drainage device F, preferably in. the form .of a screw cap and nipple, to permit of draining the water from the interior of the rim D whenever it is desired to do so.

In order to securely hold the ice bag cap in position on the patients head, use is made of tying strings G extending from the sides of the cap at the back thereof to extend under the chin of the patients head and to be tied into a bow thereat so as to securely hold the ice bag cap in position on the patients head.

In practice, the rim D is preferably tubular with a slit along the inner edge and flanges thereat to allow the edges of the cap A and the bag B to pass into the slit to be overlaid by the flanges of the rim D, the flanges and edges being then sewn together and the stitches being interrupted at intervals to form the passages E for draining the water from the bag B into the rim D. The drainage device F is preferably located on one side of the rim D near the back of the cap A, being practically at the lowermost portion of the rim D, to permit draining the rim D periodically of the accumulated water without disturbing the position of the cap on the patients head.

It is understood that the water incident to the ice melting in the bag B readily drains into the rim D so that the ice is kept free of water and consequently does its full share of the work of cooling the patients head. Thus the ice lasts longer and is at all times in close proximity to the patients head.

Having thus descril" ed my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. An ice bag cap, comprising a cap, an ice bag superimposed on the said cap, and a hollow drainage rim on the said cap and bag and connected with the interior of the said bag to drain the latter of water.

2. An ice bag cap, comprising a cap, an ice bag superimposed on the said cap, a hollow drainage rim on the said cap and bag and connected wit the interior of the said bag to drain the latter of water, and means on the said hollow rim for draining the latter of Water. I

3. An ice bag cap, comprising a cap having a straight back and provided with tying means to tie the cap to the head of a person, an ice bag superimposed on the said cap, the

' top of the cap forming the bottom of the bag, the edges of the cap and bag being fastened together, a filling device on the bag, a hollow rim extending from the side and front edges of the united cap and bag, and passages connecting the rim with the interior of the bag at the united side and front edges of the cap and bag.

4. An ice bag cap, comprising a cap having a straight back and provided with tying means to tie the cap to the head of a person,

means on the said rim forv draining the Water therefrom.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MARCUS FINKELSTEIN.

Witnesses:

Trmo. G. Hos'rnn, Pmnrr D. ROLLHAUS. 

